SUBTYPES OF NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

Grandiose/Malignant (Semi-Official) Grandiosity, entitlement, interpersonal exploitativeness and manipulation, pursuit of power and control, lack of empathy and remorse, and marked irritability and hostility.

Fragile/Covert (Semi-Official) this variant is defined by feelings of shame, envy, resentment, and inferiority (which is occasionally “masked” by arrogance), entitlement, a belief that one is misunderstood or unappreciated, and excessive reactivity to slights or criticism.

High-Functioning/Exhibitionistic (Semi-Official) Grandiose, competitive, attention-seeking, and sexually provocative; they tended to show adaptive functioning and utilize their narcissistic traits to succeed.

Communal (Semi-Official, Jochen E. Gebauer) Inflated sense of importance and a need for admiration from others. In relation to the grandiose narcissist, a communal narcissist is arrogant and self-motivating, and shares the sense of entitlement and grandiosity, seeks power and admiration in the communal realm, they see themselves as altruistic, saintly, caring, helpful, and warm

Unprincipled (Theodore Millon) Deficient conscience; unscrupulous, amoral, disloyal, fraudulent, deceptive, arrogant, exploitive; a con artist and charlatan; dominating, contemptuous, vindictive.

Amorous (Theodore Millon) Sexually seductive, enticing, beguiling, tantalizing; glib and clever; disinclined to real intimacy; indulges hedonistic desires; bewitches and inveigles others; pathological lying and swindling. Tends to have many affairs, often with exotic partners.

Compensatory (Theodore Millon) Seeks to counteract or cancel out deep feelings of inferiority and lack of self-esteem; offsets deficits by creating illusions of being superior, exceptional, admirable, noteworthy; self-worth results from self-enhancement.

Elitist (Theodore Millon) Feels privileged and empowered by virtue of special childhood status and pseudo-achievements; entitled façade bears little relation to reality; seeks favored and good life; is upwardly mobile; cultivates special status and advantages by association.

Normal (Theodore Millon) Least severe and most interpersonally concerned and empathetic, still entitled and deficient in reciprocity; bold in environments, self-confident, competitive, seeks high targets, feels unique; talent in leadership positions; expecting recognition from others.

Vulnerable (Multiple) A subtype with smaller subtypes characterized by introversion, negative emotions, interpersonal coldness, hostility, need for recognition, entitlement, and egocentricity. (Ideal-hungry, Dissociative, Hypervigilant, Hypersensitive, Closet, Shamed Child, Disempowered)

Grandiose (Multiple) A subtype with smaller subtypes characterized by dominance, self-assurance, immodesty, exhibitionism, and aggression. (Mirror-Hungry, Egotistical, Thick-Skinned, Oblivious, Willful, Exhibitionist, Special Child, Empowered)

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Pub: 01 Oct 2023 23:46 UTC

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